r/WearOS

Many fitness apps offer a free phone app, but place useful Wear OS workout tracking behind a recurring subscription.

I wanted to take a different approach with GymRiff, so the Wear OS workout tracker is free.

You can leave your phone in the locker and manage sets, weight, reps, rest times and exercise changes directly from your watch. GymRiff is designed to minimise battery usage, and the large buttons make it easier to use with sweaty or shaky hands during training.

Download GymRiff on Google Play

Honest feedback is welcome.

Name of App:
BioFlow Ocean

Brief Description of app's features:
BioFlow Ocean is an independent Android + Wear OS wellness app that brings together ECG, heart rate/BPM, SpO₂, skin temperature, guided breathing, meditation and physiological trends in one connected watch and phone experience.

On supported Galaxy Watches, BioFlow can capture a full 30-second ECG at 500 Hz, preserving the complete 15,000-sample waveform and transferring it to the Android companion app.

The phone app provides ECG waveform history, signal and beat-to-beat analysis, RR/HRV-related metrics, signal-quality information and PDF/CSV export.

BioFlow also includes:

• Heart rate/BPM monitoring
• SpO₂ measurement on supported hardware
• Skin temperature on supported hardware
• Guided breathing with animation, sound and haptics
• Meditation sessions incorporating physiological measurements
• Session history and trends
• Offline watch-to-phone synchronisation
• A dynamic Ocean interface shared between phone and watch

One of the reasons I started developing BioFlow was to avoid unnecessary phone-brand lock-in. The Android companion does not require a Samsung phone, so I'm particularly interested in testing Galaxy Watches paired with Pixel, OnePlus, Motorola, Xiaomi, Nothing and other Android phones.

I'm now looking for people willing to help test it across a wider range of real Wear OS devices and phone/watch combinations.

Cost:
Free during closed beta testing.

Play Store Link or equivalent:

First join the BioFlow Beta Testers Google Group using the same Google account you use with Google Play:

https://groups.google.com/g/bioflow-beta-testers-google-group

Then opt into the BioFlow Ocean closed test:

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.bioflow.insight.ocean

Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bioflow.insight.ocean

If you join, please remain opted into the closed test for at least 14 days if possible.

I'm especially interested in feedback on:

• Your watch model and phone model
• ECG acquisition and waveform transfer
• Heart rate, SpO₂ and temperature behaviour
• Breathing and meditation sessions
• Phone/watch synchronisation
• Battery/performance issues
• UI problems on different watch sizes
• Anything that simply doesn't behave as expected

Actual feedback is much more useful to me than simply installing the app, so please feel free to be critical.

BioFlow is experimental wellness software and is not a certified medical device. ECG and other biometric outputs should not be used for medical diagnosis or treatment decisions.

Thanks to anyone willing to help test it!

https://preview.redd.it/8uowwt4erkjh1.png?width=1122&format=png&auto=webp&s=cc24785b346839ac03e9be75408c501be670fae1

I bought OPW4 in Serbia, Europe (imported from the EU). After I bought it, I saw that the ECG is region-blocked in Serbia. Is there any way to bypass that lock? I really think that locking existing hardware is extremely stupid 😒

Checking around online, it seems that the watch face I've been using for the past few years won't be compatible with the PW5. Are there any alternatives just like this one?

...but the performance, god damn.

Skagen Falster Gen. 6

I spent a while trying to connect to my new treadmill before I found out it just wouldn't work. The Pixel Watch's "share heart rate with fitness equipment" feature only works with an approved list of brands — Peloton, Concept2, Echelon, Hydrow, Tonal, Wahoo, Zwift, Life Fitness, Matrix, Schwinn, NordicTrack. If your machine isn't on that list, the watch will simply never connect to it, and nothing you do in the settings on either device changes that.

Mine is a Horizon 7.0 AT. Not on the list. But like most treadmills it's happy to pair with a generic Bluetooth chest strap, which is the loophole.

So I built a small bridge out of a Seeed XIAO ESP32-C6 (about $7). It connects to the watch as if it were a piece of approved equipment, and simultaneously advertises itself to the treadmill as an ordinary heart rate strap. The treadmill sees a strap, the watch sees equipment, and my actual pulse shows up on the console — about ten seconds after I switch broadcasting on at the watch. There's an optional RGB LED that tells you at a glance which links are up.

It's not Horizon-specific — it should work with any machine that accepts a chest strap, which is most of them.

Source, wiring diagram, and a fairly detailed set of notes on the things that weren't obvious: https://github.com/HuskerMinion/hr-bridge

MIT licensed, no app, nothing to sign up for. Happy to answer questions if anyone wants to build one.

The app is currently only a lightweight WearOS app that connects to IOS devices over bluetooth and listens for ANCS BLE protocol. i coded it this weekend as i refuse to buy those ugly apple watches (watches gotta be circular!) and i won’t pay 6 bucks a month for Merge app either. right now, the app is in a rough state. it’s not really reliable and doesn’t display correct logos most of the time, but i will work on that. also, if yall really want it, i will consider making an ios app also, to release more features.if y’all have faced this ios and wearos incompatibility before, let me know what features you’d like to see.

NOTE: This app will always be free to use with full functionality. I’m not asking for any donations or anything, just opinions.

Small queries like timers are significantly quicker with the facelift + IMO looks much better than the old assistant interface.

App Name: PC Controller
Platforms: WearOS
Development Status: Finishing the first first release

Check the second video to see all features!

Hey everyone! Here is a major update to my previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/WearOS/comments/1urllfm/pc_controller_app_for_wearos/
Highly reccomended to check this one!

I've completely redesigned the app, polished existing features, and added some highly requested capabilities!
What's New:

1. AirMouse: Smooth wrist control with intuitive gesture support
2. Double Pinch = Left Mouse Button (LMB)
3. Wrist Turn = Right Mouse Button (RMB)
4. Wake On LAN (WOL): Power on your PC directly from your watch.
5. Also some actually huge changes like:
6. • Improved Media Controller: Now you can select and control specific audio sources (Spotify, YouTube, etc.).
7. • UI/UX Redesign: A completely refreshed look for better navigation on round displays.

Check out the video to see it all in action!

RELEASE SOON 🫡

App compatible with Wear OS 6+ such as Pixel Watch 2/3/4, Galaxy Watch 4/5/6/7/8 and older models updated to Wear OS 6+.